Aurangabad: At least16 migrant workers killed by train hit in Maharashtra. The incident occurred in Aurangabad, Maharashtra. The train went through the bodies of people who slept on the railway tracks. The villagers of Bhujwal in Madhya Pradesh was killed.
The accident happened around 6.15 am today. The railway security guards and the police reached the spot and rescued them.
The people were returning home from Maharashtra, about 170 km from their home after losing their jobs following a lockdown. The accident occurred on the railway track under the Karmat police station in Aurangabad. The police said that they were steelworkers in Jalna.
Following the lockdown, a large number of migrant workers from the northern states returned to the villages on foot.
Kochi / Malappuram: The aircraft carrying the expatriates affected by the COVID crisis has flown to Kerala. The aircraft, carrying 177 passengers from Abu Dhabi and Dubai, landed at Nedumbassery and Karipur last night. All of them, except those with concessions, were admitted to government-appointed quarantine centers. Quarantine is prepared for the ex-pats who come to the district at SCMS Hostel, Kalamassery.
The aircraft was provided with special parking bays and aerobridges. As soon as passengers entered the terminal, the temperature gun and thermal scanner used to check the the temperature of the passengers and special arrangements were made to keep the distance between the immigration counters and the conveyor belt.
The Defense Research Development Organization has taken a major initiative to disinfect the baggage at the Nedumbassery airport. The total number of passengers who traveled from Abu Dhabi to Kochi was 25. The other passengers are from Thrissur, Palakkad, Malappuram, Kasaragod, Alappuzha, Kottayam and Pathanamthitta districts.
They were sent from the airport to the Quarantine centers of their respective districts. Quarantine is fixed for pregnant women, senior citizens, and children under the age of ten in their homes. Quarantine is the only passenger in the Kasaragod district and is currently in Ernakulam. The passengers who arrived in Karipur were taken to COVID Care Center, Safa Hospital, Kalikavu for a special examination.
Arrangements have been made to transport the expatriates themselves. The KSRTC buses will take them to COVID Care Center for adequate health care and after seven days of observation, they will be sent home after a rigorous health check-up and there are no specific symptoms. They will be under the strict supervision of the Health Department to ensure complete security. Doha-Kochi flight arrives on Saturday 200 people are being brought from Doha in the first phase.
Vijayawada: Seven people died after inhaling poisonous gas from a factory in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. Chemical gas leaked from LG Polymer Industries in RR Venkatapuram, Visakhapatnam district. The tragedy has been in the industrial sector.
One of the dead is an eight-year-old girl. The death toll is expected to rise. The leak occurred just after 3 am on Thursday. Authorities began evacuating 20 nearby villages. The Disaster Response Force, Fire Brigade, and the Police are on the scene. The leak at the plant has been rectified, officials said.
Some people have difficulty breathing due to the leaking gas. Those who are in critical condition are being transferred to the hospital. In addition to ambulances, people were rushed to the hospital in goodies, cars, and cars. The people were admitted to the King George Hospital in Visakhapatnam. More than 200 people have been admitted to the hospital.
About 50 people have fallen on the roads, said CI Ramanaiah. District collector V V Vinay Chand said that the situation could be controlled within two hours. He also said that he will be given oxygen for those suffering from shortness of breath.
Eyewitnesses say the area was full of smoke soon after the incident. More than 1,000 people were directly affected by the gas leak. Many fell unconscious and fell on homes and roads. Footage of people who fell unconscious and falling on the dirt while on a bike ride came out. Cattle, besides human beings, were also affected.
The gas is spread over five kilometers. The gas leaked from the factory, which produces plastics. In 1997, South Korea acquired LG. The plant, which was closed due to lockdown, was opened last week.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jaganmohan Reddy said that an investigation into the incident has been announced. The district administration has been directed to take immediate action.
Thiruvananthapuram: An online system has been introduced for passengers traveling in and out of the district. Passengers can apply for the pass through the website pass.bsafe.kerala.gov.in. Applicants will get a link to their mobile phone if approved. Clicking on the link will show you the pass check.
State Police Chief Loknath Behra said the online system was introduced after it was noticed that the public had difficulty accessing the respective police stations to get a pass. Medical needs, funeral, visit family after Lockdown, the return of family members trapped in Lockdown, return to work, trapped students are allowed to travel home, etc are in the priority lists. Government employees and members of essential services are exempted from the pass. They need to show their identity cards for traveling.
Srinagar, Washington: Three Indian photojournalists based in Jammu and Kashmir are among the recipients of this year’s Pulitzer Prize. The Associated Press photographers Channi Anand, Mukhtar Khan, and Dar Yasin received the award. The photos captured in the period of restrictions imposed in Jammu and Kashmir after the repeal of Article 370 of the Constitution which guarantees the special status to the state. The award was announced via the UK in the wake of the COVID 19. Pulitzer Board Administrator Dana Kennedy announced the award. The awards announcement, to be made on April 20, was postponed due to the spread of COVID.
Dar Yasin and Mukhtar Khan is based in Srinagar and Anand are based in Jammu. The three were awarded in the Feature Photography category competition. Dar Yasin shared a thank you note to his colleagues and friends on Twitter. The pictures were taken as an adventure among the curfew.American writer Colson Whitehead won the Pulitzer Prize for his second consecutive novel. 50-year-old Coulson has received rare recognition for his novel The Nickel Boys.
Thiruvananthapuram: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said that permission has been granted to open toddy shops in the state. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Excise Minister TP Ramakrishnan had held discussions on the opening of toddy shops.
The Chief Minister said the state does not intend to ban liquor in the state. The bar will be opened only after the lockdown lifting. The decision will be taken because of the workload of the police on the return of expatriates.
COVID has not yet been confirmed by anyone today in the state. Seven people discharged from the hospitals today. “The number of patients who are recovered from the disease is Kottayam six and Idukki one,” the chief minister said in the press meet.
Thiruvananthapuram: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that the remaining public examinations of the 10th, Plus One and Plus Two classes that were suspended due to lockdown would be completed by May 21 and 29.
The evaluation of completed exams will begin on May 13. He said the public education department is making arrangements to complete the exams.
Meanwhile, the special education program for school children across the state in the COVID background will be broadcast on Victers channel from June 1. CM also said that these classes would be offered through the web and mobile and the special facilities would be provided for students who do not have such facilities.
New Delhi: CBSE 10th class exams abandoned due to COVID-19, Union Minister Ramesh Pokhryal said. Except CBSE 10th class students from North East Delhi, all CBSE exams have canceled, the minister said.
Although the exams abandoned, how the admission will take place for the next class has not decided yet, reports said.
Maybe the internal marks will be valued for the next class admission, reports added.
Thiruvananthapuram: Minister Thomas Isaac said that the lottery department has made arrangements to resume the lottery sale on May 18 and to begin the draw on June 1. The lottery sector has been in a state of paralysis since March 23. As part of that, eight draws have been postponed. 95 draws have been canceled, including those scheduled for June.
Tens of thousands of ordinary workers are dependent on the lottery sector. The government had already given them Rs 1,000 as emergency relief. They have also received other public assistance. Even though it is slow, they can be relieved by resuming the lottery business.
Lottery dealers are also facing the same crisis as all the small enterprises in Kerala. There are two problems. For one, there is no money to buy a new ticket. Two, during the lockdown, many of the tickets become useless that they could not be sold. The govt assured that will resolve the entire problem related to lottery selling.
Lottery sellers buy tickets in their cash. Sellers are finding it difficult to buy tickets at this time of the year. Lottery traders who are members of the welfare fund will be loaned up to a maximum of 100 tickets. Before Onam, traders have to pay back the money as in installments. In the case of repayment, the amount will be deducted from the Onam Bonus issued by the Welfare Fund Board.
Non-used tickets are sent to the Lottery Office they will be replaced and the new ticket will be issued for the same draw. The eight-ticket draw is scheduled to take place in two weekly draws starting June 1. The draw will take place on Monday and Thursday. Ticket sales are expected to start on May 18 if conditions improve.
Sales must be done in full compliance with the COVID protocol. Mask and a bottle of sanitizer will be provided free of charge for the vendor by the Welfare Fund Board. Adjusting to two a week, sellers will have up to four days to sell tickets for each draw.
According to the existing discount slab, those who take more than 10,000 tickets will be given 25% off the highest discount rate. Reducing the number of tickets is a key requirement in this area. Agents who book tickets above 8400 will be offered a high discount rate.
The income from the sale of the lottery goes to the health sector. “We have decided to resume the lottery draw in this view,” Minister said.
Muscat: The first flight from Oman to India will depart from Muscat to Kochi on May 9 as part of its mission to repatriate Indian nationals trapped abroad due to the spread of COVID.
The first Air India flight will accommodate 250 passengers, sources close to the Indian Embassy in Oman said.
Passengers are selected based on the priority list. The priority list includes the elderly, the pregnant, the sick, the deprived; the visa has expired, and so on. Starting May 7, more than 1,90,000 people will have the opportunity to travel to the Gulf region. Accordingly, the airline will operate flights from India to Kerala 15, Tamil Nadu 11, Delhi 11, Maharashtra 7, Telangana 7 Gujarat 5, Karnataka 3 Jammu and Kashmir 3 Punjab 1 Uttar Pradesh 1.
This is the most comforting news for the expatriate community who are in distress due to COVID. There was little effort on the part of India when many other countries returned their citizens to their land. Various organizations have called for the free repatriation of expatriates who have been the economic backbone of the country.
All expatriates traveling on the Indian government’s health insurance app developed to warn about the COVID crisis and its alerts should be registered. Besides, 14 days after the medical examination, the quarantine will be subject to quarantine at the hospital or the institutions designated by the state governments.
